Category: Workaholic

• 4 Ways to Get a Clean Slate in Life and Marriage

  

  I don’t know about you, but I’m a workaholic. And that applies to my marriage as well—always finding some way to clean up or spruce up what needs attention. That can be good. But today I want to talk about how doing too much in our own strength can derail us. After all, spring-cleaning our…

  BethSteffaniak

  June 9, 2019

  Bible Study, Bible Study Tools, Christ-Centered, Connection, Discouragement, Encouragement, Faith in God, Forgiveness, God’s Redemption, Grace, Jesus’ Sacrifice, Love of God, Marriage, Positive Focus, Prayer, Redemption, Salvation, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Practices, Spring Clean Your Marriage, Workaholic

  Christ-centered, Clean Slate, Faith in God, Gospel, Gospel-centered Marriage, Marriage Prayer, Prayer, Salvation

• Why Refueling with Family and Friends Brings Sanity {And Synchroblog}

  

  Recently, my sweet blogging friend, Linda Stoll, invited me and a few other lovely lady bloggers to join her in a synchroblog—answering the question, “What Saved My Life This Summer.” My mind immediately went to how often I feel emotionally spent by the time May or June rolls around. I’ve been blogging since February of…

  BethSteffaniak

  August 30, 2017

  Balance, Blogging, Boundaries, Choices, Connection, Discouragement, Encouragement, Friendship, Margin, Marriage, Positive Focus, Priorities, Recreation, Relief, Rest, Stress, Workaholic

  Family, Friends, Margin, Passion, Productivity, Recreation, Refueling, Rest, Stress, Vacation

• How Grief and Humility Can Set You Free

  

  Early on in my marriage, when we were full-throttle in the messes of our own making, the last thing I wanted to do was admit my part in those messes. And the more I ran from taking responsibility and the more I pointed the finger of blame at my husband for “driving me to make…

  BethSteffaniak

  April 26, 2016

  About Me, Addictions, Anger, Authenticity, Blaming, Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Confesional Culture, Confession, Control, Desires, Faith in God, Grace, Grief, Humility, Jesus’ Sacrifice, Marriage, Negative Self-Talk, Pride, Resentments, Responsibility, Resurrect Me Series, Self-awareness, Self-Reflection, Surrender, Truth, Vulnerability, Wedded Wednesday, Workaholic

  Addictions, Bad Habits, Confession, Freedom, Grief, Humility, Pride

• Bringing Balance to Our Families {Linkup and Giveaway!}

  

  I was raised in your standard, run-of-the-mill dysfunctional home. I didn’t know it at the time, but in my family of origin codependency abounded! Some people make the mistake of assuming that you can only be “codependent” if there’s an addict who is “dependent” upon drugs or alcohol in your family. But codependency happens whenever there is…

  BethSteffaniak

  November 11, 2014

  Addictions, Balance, Codependency, Give-Away, Toxic Baggage, Trauma, Wedded Wednesday, Workaholic

  Addictions, Codependency, Disconnected, Dysfunction, Enmeshed, Idols, Imbalance, Workaholic

• Consumed – The Negative Side of Blogging

  Have you noticed how the Olympic games have captured the world’s attention? Viewers are consumed by the footage of the opening ceremonies, competitions and rivalries. As for the athletes, they’ve trained relentlessly for this world event for years—some for decades—and are consumed with winning.  Opening Ceremony of 2012 London Olympic Games It’s true that sometimes…

  BethSteffaniak

  July 30, 2012

  Addictions, Affairs, Balance, Christ-Centered, Contentment, Love for God, Mess Makers, Serving, Surrender, Validation, Workaholic, Worry